See kan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "kàn",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "verb",
"head": "kàn"
},
"expansion": "kàn",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gun",
"lang_code": "guw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "to ask",
"translation": "to ask",
"word": "kanse"
},
{
"english": "to ask",
"translation": "to ask",
"word": "kàn bíɔ́"
},
{
"english": "to ask",
"translation": "to ask",
"word": "kàn bíọ́"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to inquire"
],
"id": "en-kan-guw-verb-KRaRRMVZ",
"links": [
[
"inquire",
"inquire"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kã̀/"
}
],
"word": "kan"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fon",
"2": "kán"
},
"expansion": "Fon kán",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ajg",
"2": "eka"
},
"expansion": "Aja (West Africa) eka",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ee",
"2": "ɛka"
},
"expansion": "Ewe ɛka",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sxw",
"2": "okàn"
},
"expansion": "Saxwe Gbe okàn",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Fon kán, Aja (West Africa) eka, Ewe ɛka, Saxwe Gbe okàn",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kàn",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kàn lɛ́",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kàn lẹ́",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "kàn lɛ́",
"5": "or",
"6": "kàn lẹ́",
"head": "kàn"
},
"expansion": "kàn (plural kàn lɛ́ or kàn lẹ́)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gun",
"lang_code": "guw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "44 33 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to phone/call",
"translation": "to phone/call",
"word": "tɛ̀ kàn"
},
{
"english": "to phone/call",
"translation": "to phone/call",
"word": "tẹ̀ kàn"
}
],
"glosses": [
"rope, cord"
],
"id": "en-kan-guw-noun-UmPf4GKf",
"links": [
[
"rope",
"rope"
],
[
"cord",
"cord"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kã̀/"
}
],
"word": "kan"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"forms": [
{
"form": "kán",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "verb",
"head": "kán"
},
"expansion": "kán",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gun",
"lang_code": "guw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "journalist",
"translation": "journalist",
"word": "línlínwékántọ́"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to write"
],
"id": "en-kan-guw-verb-GyIdbR6y",
"links": [
[
"write",
"write"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kã́/"
}
],
"word": "kan"
}
{
"categories": [
"Gun entries with incorrect language header",
"Gun lemmas",
"Gun verbs",
"Pages with 59 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
"Yucatec Maya lemmas",
"Yucatec Maya transitive verbs",
"Yucatec Maya verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to ask",
"translation": "to ask",
"word": "kanse"
},
{
"english": "to ask",
"translation": "to ask",
"word": "kàn bíɔ́"
},
{
"english": "to ask",
"translation": "to ask",
"word": "kàn bíọ́"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "kàn",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "verb",
"head": "kàn"
},
"expansion": "kàn",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gun",
"lang_code": "guw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to inquire"
],
"links": [
[
"inquire",
"inquire"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kã̀/"
}
],
"word": "kan"
}
{
"categories": [
"Gun entries with incorrect language header",
"Gun lemmas",
"Gun nouns",
"Gun verbs",
"Pages with 59 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
"Yucatec Maya lemmas",
"Yucatec Maya transitive verbs",
"Yucatec Maya verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to phone/call",
"translation": "to phone/call",
"word": "tɛ̀ kàn"
},
{
"english": "to phone/call",
"translation": "to phone/call",
"word": "tẹ̀ kàn"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fon",
"2": "kán"
},
"expansion": "Fon kán",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ajg",
"2": "eka"
},
"expansion": "Aja (West Africa) eka",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ee",
"2": "ɛka"
},
"expansion": "Ewe ɛka",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sxw",
"2": "okàn"
},
"expansion": "Saxwe Gbe okàn",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Fon kán, Aja (West Africa) eka, Ewe ɛka, Saxwe Gbe okàn",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kàn",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kàn lɛ́",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kàn lẹ́",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "kàn lɛ́",
"5": "or",
"6": "kàn lẹ́",
"head": "kàn"
},
"expansion": "kàn (plural kàn lɛ́ or kàn lẹ́)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gun",
"lang_code": "guw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"rope, cord"
],
"links": [
[
"rope",
"rope"
],
[
"cord",
"cord"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kã̀/"
}
],
"word": "kan"
}
{
"categories": [
"Gun entries with incorrect language header",
"Gun lemmas",
"Gun verbs",
"Pages with 59 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
"Yucatec Maya lemmas",
"Yucatec Maya transitive verbs",
"Yucatec Maya verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "journalist",
"translation": "journalist",
"word": "línlínwékántọ́"
}
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"forms": [
{
"form": "kán",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "verb",
"head": "kán"
},
"expansion": "kán",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gun",
"lang_code": "guw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to write"
],
"links": [
[
"write",
"write"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kã́/"
}
],
"word": "kan"
}
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